Writing with all the passion of Love Story and power of The Class, Erich Segal sweeps us into the lives of the Harvard Medical School...
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Mar 28, 2010
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pernah baca yg terjemahannya, untung kemaren dapet edisi inggrisnya di obralan buku impor :D
gak kecewa dg tebelnya :P
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Saya baru membaca buku Segal 2 biji, Love Story dan Doctors ini. Tapi, karena buku ini yang paling tebel, jadi buku ini yg terbaik. hehe
Doctors bercerita ttg seluk beluk kehidupan para dokter. Inti cerita berpusat pada tokoh si More...
gak kecewa dg tebelnya :P
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Saya baru membaca buku Segal 2 biji, Love Story dan Doctors ini. Tapi, karena buku ini yang paling tebel, jadi buku ini yg terbaik. hehe
Doctors bercerita ttg seluk beluk kehidupan para dokter. Inti cerita berpusat pada tokoh si More...
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Jan 30, 2008
Leigh
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I read the hardcover version of this book, which was 679 pages. I started it on a Tuesday evening around 7 p.m. and finished it at 1:00 p.m. the next day. If that doesn't say a lot about the quality of the book, I don't know what does!
Erich Segal continues to amaze me with his storytelling abilities. Not only are his plots interesting, but he makes you really identify with the characters. There are no outlandish plot twists or soap opera dramas - just multi-dimensional characters More...
Erich Segal continues to amaze me with his storytelling abilities. Not only are his plots interesting, but he makes you really identify with the characters. There are no outlandish plot twists or soap opera dramas - just multi-dimensional characters More...
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Sep 03, 2007
Mandira
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A very well written book, i think one of the rare books that i read in one go. It gives a good description about the daily lives of doctors and their profession. Based on the life of Barney Livingston and Laura Castellano (best of friends). The book is mainly based on their journey through school, medical college and their respective fields. The ups and downs, the rise and fall, the realisations they have. It takes many years for them to realise that what they have is more than friendship. They
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Dec 15, 2008
Darenn
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We can never imagine what kind of life lies ahead of us and this book made me realize that we can never say "never", "I will" or "I can" not until we are right at that very moment wherein we need to make a decision(rational or not). Yes, we can determine what we want to be in the future but we can never foresee the things and changes that we are to encounter. We can do nothing but to choose, and even by just making 1 wrong choice will change something sometime ever
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Dec 28, 2011
Arni
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Buku yang amat menarik ini berisi perjuangan dua anak Brooklyn, New York untuk menjadi dokter di Harvard Medical School.
Banyak tragedi yang terjadi pada persahabatan platonis mereka. Bagian dalam buku ini yang paling saya sukai adalah usaha mereka dalam belajar untuk menjadi dokter.
Mereka berusaha menjadi yang terbaik di High School, di College bahkan di HarvardMed.
Di highschool mereka berusaha mendapatkan nilai SAT yang tinggi, di college mereka belajar fisika di musim panas agar More...
Banyak tragedi yang terjadi pada persahabatan platonis mereka. Bagian dalam buku ini yang paling saya sukai adalah usaha mereka dalam belajar untuk menjadi dokter.
Mereka berusaha menjadi yang terbaik di High School, di College bahkan di HarvardMed.
Di highschool mereka berusaha mendapatkan nilai SAT yang tinggi, di college mereka belajar fisika di musim panas agar More...
Aug 18, 2011
Sushil
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When I first read this book I was quite touched with the passion with which Doctors treat their patients..The story revolves around a group of Harvard med school students who have to go through the rigrous training of becoming a doctor.. Some faint during the anatomy classes while a dead body is being disected to study the various human parts.. This reminds me of the incidence when one of my classmates fainted during my 12th science grade biology lab session ..The teacher was disecting a rat a
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Jul 21, 2011
Asra
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Before I begin let me clarify about the rating. Goodreads does not allow a 0.5 rating. I actually wanted to rate this 3.5.
When I first read this a few months ago, I liked it a lot. Since I know people in the medical field who have been and who are going through all this, there is a reality quotient in the book that holds me to it. Apart from that, I really like the characterization of this book. So neatly have the profiles been chalked out; it is as if they exist: Laura, Barney and L More...
When I first read this a few months ago, I liked it a lot. Since I know people in the medical field who have been and who are going through all this, there is a reality quotient in the book that holds me to it. Apart from that, I really like the characterization of this book. So neatly have the profiles been chalked out; it is as if they exist: Laura, Barney and L More...
Apr 05, 2011
museliem
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--- copas dari MP gue ---- hehehe
Dua tokoh utama dalam buku ini Laura Castellano dan Barney Livingston, keduanya teman kecil yang bertetangga dan tinggal di Brooklyn, mereka juga kuliah di tempat yang sama di Harvard Medical School, di kampus itu mereka bertemu dengan Bennet Landsmann, seorang kulit hitam yang diasuh oleh keluarga Yahudi, Seth Lazarus, seorang yang sangat cerdas namun ketika bekerja dijuluki Death Doctors, Grete Andersen, seorang wanita yang nantinya penuh dengan kon More...
Dua tokoh utama dalam buku ini Laura Castellano dan Barney Livingston, keduanya teman kecil yang bertetangga dan tinggal di Brooklyn, mereka juga kuliah di tempat yang sama di Harvard Medical School, di kampus itu mereka bertemu dengan Bennet Landsmann, seorang kulit hitam yang diasuh oleh keluarga Yahudi, Seth Lazarus, seorang yang sangat cerdas namun ketika bekerja dijuluki Death Doctors, Grete Andersen, seorang wanita yang nantinya penuh dengan kon More...
Dec 21, 2010
Ellya
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Doctors bercerita tentang kehidupan di Harvard Medical School tahun 1962, dengan dua karakter utama Barney Livingston dan Laura Castellano. Di awal diceritakan mulai dari masa kecil keduanya hingga pada akhirnya masuk universitas yang sama. Buku ini dibagi menjadi dua bagian, mulai dari masa kecil Barney dan Laura, masa remaja, hingga masuk Harvard Medical School, bertemu orang-orang dengan berbagai karakter yang berbeda, hingga lulus dan magang di rumah sakit pilihan mereka, serta perjuangan ma
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Aug 27, 2011
Ikhsan
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One of my personal favorites.
Magnificent, Tempting, and friendly, I must say.
Why friendly? This book brings you into your most peculiar image of a doctor's life.
Whilst maybe most people thinks that story about doctor are rather boring and full of alienated words and perspective, this book offers rather an eerie pieces of romance of a journey towards living life to the fullest.
The main story emphasized on the life of a boy and a girl, Barney and Laura, in a pla More...
Magnificent, Tempting, and friendly, I must say.
Why friendly? This book brings you into your most peculiar image of a doctor's life.
Whilst maybe most people thinks that story about doctor are rather boring and full of alienated words and perspective, this book offers rather an eerie pieces of romance of a journey towards living life to the fullest.
The main story emphasized on the life of a boy and a girl, Barney and Laura, in a pla More...
Dec 15, 2010
Judith
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I didn't think much of Love Story so I'm surprised at the depth of character and the compelling story in Doctors. Even if I had not enjoyed the narrative I'd be mightily impressed with research done to write it. Until I read the writer's comments I was convinced Mr. Segal had been to Harvard Medical School, so thorough was the medical background of the book. But the bottom line is: I really liked the characters; the story was exciting and fulfilling. I learned about the struggle to become a
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Sep 26, 2011
Diah Ayu
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kali ini nampaknya aku gak mampu menulis review yg bebas samasekali dr spoiler. so, since you've been warned, then go on with your own risk, hehe..
novel ini dpt bintang lima krn skor maksimalnya mmg cuma lima. klo saja maksimalnya sepuluh, mungkin jg bakal aku kasi nilai sepuluh. mentoknya sembilan deh, mengingat aku jatuh cinta dg semua detail dlm buku ini.
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yg paling bikin jatuh cinta tentu saja Barney Livingston dan Laura Castellano, sang tokoh utama. tap More...
novel ini dpt bintang lima krn skor maksimalnya mmg cuma lima. klo saja maksimalnya sepuluh, mungkin jg bakal aku kasi nilai sepuluh. mentoknya sembilan deh, mengingat aku jatuh cinta dg semua detail dlm buku ini.
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yg paling bikin jatuh cinta tentu saja Barney Livingston dan Laura Castellano, sang tokoh utama. tap More...
Apr 18, 2010
nat
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Membaca buku ini membuatku teringat akan novel-novel karya Marga T dan Mira w tentang lika-liku kehidupan dokter, dari sudut pandang mereka yang memang dokter. Erich Segal, meskipun bukan seorang dokter, dapat menggambarkan tantangan dan permasalahan yang dialami dokter sejak kuliah hingga kerja.
Tokoh utama dalam novel ini, Laura Castellano dan Barney Livingston adalah sepasang sahabat sejak kecil, dengan rumah bersebelahan, hobi yang sama (basket), bahkan cita-cita mereka pun sama, More...
Tokoh utama dalam novel ini, Laura Castellano dan Barney Livingston adalah sepasang sahabat sejak kecil, dengan rumah bersebelahan, hobi yang sama (basket), bahkan cita-cita mereka pun sama, More...
May 26, 2011
Mysterious
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I read this when I fell ill on a study trip to Italy in 1994.
I remember it being a bit like a pulp paperback, but perhaps more densely written. I thoroughly enjoyed it at the time because it showed me aspects of the medical world about which I had no idea. I went out with a doctor several years later, and used to amuse him by spouting facts I'd remembered from this book, which turned out to be accurate.
My point in saying all of this is that it was both an enjoyable read an More...
I remember it being a bit like a pulp paperback, but perhaps more densely written. I thoroughly enjoyed it at the time because it showed me aspects of the medical world about which I had no idea. I went out with a doctor several years later, and used to amuse him by spouting facts I'd remembered from this book, which turned out to be accurate.
My point in saying all of this is that it was both an enjoyable read an More...
Sep 25, 2009
Sarah
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In alot of ways this is my favorite books by Segal. My only complaint about it is that the multiple charecters aren't balanced, (where as in Prizes they were more balanced out.) It concerns 4 people directly, Barney,(who is the lead/catalyst for the story.)Laura,Bennet and Seth.
Seth's charecter is the one left out in the cold, so to speak, but also one who has the most to lose: his integrety.
Other then that though. this book is classic Segal, laughter,sorrow, and at times so he More...
Seth's charecter is the one left out in the cold, so to speak, but also one who has the most to lose: his integrety.
Other then that though. this book is classic Segal, laughter,sorrow, and at times so he More...
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Aug 15, 2011
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Jan 09, 2011
Prinska
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Baru pertama kali sih baca karangan Erich Segal yang denger-denger dari orang karangan dia bagus-bagus. Kebetulan, cuman buku ini yang ada di toko buku, dan emang udah niat buat beli sih, jadinya ya udah beli.
Beli buku ini sebenernya udah lamaa banget, belinya tanggal 30 November, tapi baru niat bacanya pas tanggal 24 Desember.
Baca buku ini bikin saya mengerti bagaimana kehidupan para dokter dari segala dimensinya. Di buku ini semuanya dikupas habis, diceritakan secara mendet More...
Beli buku ini sebenernya udah lamaa banget, belinya tanggal 30 November, tapi baru niat bacanya pas tanggal 24 Desember.
Baca buku ini bikin saya mengerti bagaimana kehidupan para dokter dari segala dimensinya. Di buku ini semuanya dikupas habis, diceritakan secara mendet More...
May 20, 2011
Maj
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Erich Segal was one of the best. His writing never fails to amuse me.
After reading this book, I felt like giving every deserving doctor a hug. And it makes me look up to them more than I already do. By simply knowing how hard to achieve something that hard and high. By simply knowing that doctors exist not just for the sake of healing but for the sake also of meaning
Barney and Laura being too blind to notice, or rather not wanting to discuss the matter that they put each other above More...
After reading this book, I felt like giving every deserving doctor a hug. And it makes me look up to them more than I already do. By simply knowing how hard to achieve something that hard and high. By simply knowing that doctors exist not just for the sake of healing but for the sake also of meaning
Barney and Laura being too blind to notice, or rather not wanting to discuss the matter that they put each other above More...
Jul 29, 2007
witz
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hmm.. kalo dibilang ko kayanya muter2 ya critanya... tebel banget, bacanya ga habis2 :D
tapi bener2 menggambarkan kehidupan seorang dokter
tapi bener2 menggambarkan kehidupan seorang dokter
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Dec 01, 2010
Tamanna
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To me, a book's last chapter is one of the most important ones. In this book, the last part (after the lawsuit stuff) was a complete drag. I was literally jumping words because it was quite predictable. Sometimes, in stories like Doctors, it's unwanted to try and create a suspense at closing. The end could really have been better/more interesting.
Other than that, the book is fantastic. It's an overall on whatever you can expect an ambitious doc to go through in their career and persona More...
Other than that, the book is fantastic. It's an overall on whatever you can expect an ambitious doc to go through in their career and persona More...
Jun 15, 2011
Pawan
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I have heard that every student who joins a medical school reads this book. I do not know how true is that but I liked this book very much even without going to medical school. It is one of those books that I have enjoyed reading multiple times and have felt happy every time I have read it. As the name suggests “Doctors” is a story of group of Medical students from Harvard Medical School. The story starts from their childhood till they become doctors and there More...
I have heard that every student who joins a medical school reads this book. I do not know how true is that but I liked this book very much even without going to medical school. It is one of those books that I have enjoyed reading multiple times and have felt happy every time I have read it. As the name suggests “Doctors” is a story of group of Medical students from Harvard Medical School. The story starts from their childhood till they become doctors and there More...
Apr 19, 2010
Maryse
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I never really wanted to read this book. I preferred Segal's The Class to this saga, but since I was going into Medicine and my mum had a copy of it in her library (from her Med school days, no less), I decided to read it.
That was almost 8 or 9 years ago. I don't remember much of the storyline of the book except for that tiny part where they had to kill dogs for an experiment. But a few months before finishing my final year in Med School, I noticed a number of copies of this book More...
That was almost 8 or 9 years ago. I don't remember much of the storyline of the book except for that tiny part where they had to kill dogs for an experiment. But a few months before finishing my final year in Med School, I noticed a number of copies of this book More...
Oct 23, 2009
Colleen
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Just finished this book ... and I thoroughly enjoyed the characters, the plot and the drama! Granted, I needed a dictionary to understand some of the medical terminology -- but I made it through. Whew! Moves along at a good pace ... it's an older book ... some of the technology referenced may be out of date, but the preface is the same ... an interesting insight into the medical profession -- well, doctors of the medical profession.
Oct 24, 2010
Nurul
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I really love reading this book. I wasn't really whether he is portraying real lives of doctors, but every time read it (I reread it for several times), I was able to understand them a bit. I can imagine their hard works and the price they have to pay, the choices they have to make and the things they have to give up. It was written in way that sometimes I felt like I was one of the characters. I really enjoyed reading it.
Apr 16, 2010
Shannon
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Shockingly enough, I actually really liked this book. It gave great insight into the lives of several students making their way through medical school in the late '50s. Because of Brian I understood everything quite clearly but noticed that even if I didn't have a psuedo-background in medical terminology, it still would have been clear. I really found the characters fascinating and saw a scary trend in their lives as they struggled to keep a grip on who they were while discovering the politic
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Feb 23, 2011
Chintya
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fantastic book. Novel yang mengajarkan kita untuk lebih mengetahui tentang dunia kedokteran lebih dalam. Mengajarkan kita untuk selalu melakukan yang terbaik dan setelah itu menyerahkan kembali kepada sang maha pembuat rencana. Novel yang mengajarkan kita untuk menerima dengan rendah hati bahwa Tuhan punya kuasa lebih dibandingkan secaggih-canggihnya alat medis apapun.
Dec 01, 2010
Mimi
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I loved this book. It is 700+ pages and I loved every second of it. I am sure everyone knows of Love Story, and the cheesy quality of it, but I am telling you this is a well written, riveting story end to end, with great info. It follows one class of med students from Harvard in the early 60's and details their life, psychosis, families, etc. Great epic book.
Sep 09, 2010
Windapm
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Very good in giving description about what doctors feel when they have to deal with their patients and their life, how confused they are. Good describing the madness of becoming medical students, intern, resident, and so on in the career of a doctor as well. Right after finished this book, I do respect the blessed profession, doctor, more than I ever did.
Jun 18, 2009
Vicki
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Well written and well developed. The book follows people through their life from early childhood up though developed careers and a family of their own. It is a touching book of humanity, love and riddled with psychology. The characters are extremely well developed and gives an honest insight to the torment and scars that surround doctors walking the halls of our country's hospitals.
Apr 10, 2011
Kee
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Hemm...Awalnya agak ragu mau beli ne buku, slain msh slangit harganya (waktu itu ) tp rasa penasaran mengalahkan juga pada akhirnya. well..dibelilah buku satu ini, begitu dibuka, sperempat halaman sudah mulai dibuat kagum dan tentu saja berakhir puas dgn smua kejadian2 yang ada. good job!.. Erich segal sepertinya akan masuk dalam daftar list penulis yang harus dicari, seengga'nya untuk diri sendiri.. :)
